Cooking range



Nov.l 19, 1935. v

G. E. DEXTER l 2 Sheets--Sheet 1 Filed NOV. 2, 1934 Nov. 19, 1935. G. EQ DEXTER 2,021,354

COOKING RANGE y Filed Nov. 2, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2l,

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@A A01/144m] ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 19, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFloE COOKING RANGE Application November 2, 1934, serial No. 751,166

Y Claims.

The invention relates to improvement in cooking ranges and pertains especially to an improved means for closing the front end of the compartment or chamber which contains the top 5 burners together with their manifold and valvular connections.

The essential object of the invention is to provide an improved type of door for this closure with arrangement whereby the door when closed Lwill conceal the handles of the valves and occupy a position substantially flush with the face of the range, and when open willturn into an out-of-the-way position free from the front and top of the range providing accessibility to the handles of the valves or other vcontrolling mem-A bers normally concealed by the closed door.

Further objects of the invention include an arrangement whereby the manifold and valvular connections, the handles of the valves excepted,

will lie concealed at all times from the front of the range, also an arrangement whereby indrawn secondary air will be permitted free entry to the top burners when the door is open and the burners are in operation, and the indrawn air will assist in keeping the door cool and untarnished by heat from the burners.

The invention can best be seen and understood by reference to the drawings in which.

Fig. l is a perspective of the range with all doors closed.

Fig. 2 is a perspective of the top of the range cut away tofshow the parts for enclosing the fore end of the top burner chamber to which the invention essentially pertains. v

Figs. 3 and 4 are cross sections of the top burnerohamber, Fig. 3 showing the door which closes the fore end of this chamber in a closedposition, and Fig. 4 the position of the door when open. Y 40. Fig. 5 is a perspective of the door and sliding frame to which the door is hinged, as will later be y described.

Fig. 6 is a cross section of the top burner chamber showing especially the sliding frame 45. and ways on which this frame is arranged to slide; and

Fig. '7 shows in perspective a detail of `construction to which special reference will later be made. r Referring to the drawings, I represents the top burner compartment having'ra bottom 2, side walls 3, 3, respectively, end wall 4, and a top 5. That portion of the top lying above the burners is cut away to contain an open grid 55,' (not shown) and is closed by a cover 6 as is now quite customary in ranges of this type. 1 represents the burners, 8 the manifold, 9 the valves, and Ill the handles of the valves. II is the pan resting on the bottom of the compartment beneath the burners. 5

Arranged in the fore part of the compartment I between the side walls 3, 3 thereof is a panel l2. The handles I0 to the Valves lie outside this panel so as to be accessible from the front of the range. They connect with the valves 10 through openings I 3 in the panel. The panel, however, normally conceals the manifold and valves from the front of the range. The panel is spaced from the bottom 2 of the compartment, its extension only being such as will enable it 15 to conceal the manifold and Valves as aforesaid,

but will leave ample space I4 between its bottom edge and the bottom of the compartment to permit of a free entry of secondary air to the top burners when these burners are in operation.4 20 The open front end of the compartment I is closed by a door I5. The door when closed occupies a position substantially flush with the front of the range, assisting in the finish thereof and, accordingly, willlie outside of the panel I2 25 and handles Ill of the valves, concealing them. The door, generally rectangular in form, is preferably made of metal plate with flanged edges l5 all around, thereby permitting the door to fit over the handles for when the door is closed theao handles lie at least in part within the enclosure formed by its flanged edges. The closed position of the door is defined by the flanged edges thereof at either side of the door bearing against the ends I1 of the panel I2, the body of' the 35 panel being preferably slightly inset with relation to its ends. The closed position of the door is further defined by the bearing of its bottom flanged edge against a strip I 8 on the bottom of the compartment I just forward of the front 40 vbar 24. The door is preferably hinged as shown to the side bars 2l of the frame. .These side bars, extending beneath the front end bar '22 and beyond the same, are provided each with an angular piece 25 preferably welded thereto which 50.

presents a turned lip or flange 26 lying in a plane substantially parallel with the side of the door.

Fixed to the door, preferably by welding, at

each bottom inside corner of the dooris an f angularly bent metal strap 21 with bent portions spaced from and parallel with the side and bottom anges of the door. Those portions of the straps which lie spaced from and parallel with the side flanges of the door lie parallel and iiush with the flanges Z6 on the side bars of the sliding frame, and hinge connection is made between the ilanges 26 and plates 21 by means of pins or rivets 28 passed through them. (See Fig. 7.)

Thus the door is hinged to the sliding frame 2li whereby it may occupy either an upright position ai; right angles to the frame or adownturned open position substantially parallel with the frame. Inasmuch as thehingeconnections lie above the bottom of the door, when the door is occupying a position at right angles to the frame the side flanges I6 of the door below its hinge connections will bear against the ends of the side bars 2| of the sliding frame which thenv assist in maintaining the door in its upright position. When the door is turned to an open position substantially parallel with'y the sliding frame. uponA which it is mounted, the side flanges l of the door will engage and restupon the topsof the side bars 2-I of the sliding frame.

The frame 2D is mounted to slide-in or out of thelcompartment l by ways 30 arranged therein. These ways preferably consist of rounded metal stripsfixed to the bottom 2 of the compartment exteriorly adjacent the opposite sides of the pan I I: resting on said bottom. The frame 2i] is provided with members slidable upon these ways and these members are preferably made by extending the metal of the side bars 2l to form rounded members 3| which t telescopically over the respective ways 3l) and are slidable thereon.

The door thus mounted, when turned to occupy a position at right angles to the sliding frame or slide, may be brought into a proper closed position with relation to the open end ofthe-compartment l as shown in Fig. 3, simply by moving in the slide. For opening the door the,` slide is`- first drawn out, carrying the door with it. When the slide has been withdrawn sufficiently to permit of the door being turned inwardly, the door isturned` down to.A lie substantially parallel. with the slide resting thereon as aforesaid. Thereupon the slide may be moved f inwardly, carrying the door with it. The door will. enter the space I4 below the panel I2, and when the slide has been moved completely in the door will occupy a position lying below the panel lf2; and above the pan, with extension into the fore end: of the compartment l, as shown in Eig. 4, although the extension ofthe door will not be so far thatV drip from the burners will fall upon it. The bottom of the door will lie about flush'. with the front. of the range. The return of thelY door to a closed position is obtained simply by a reverse operation. The slide is drawn out, the door then turned up to an. upright. Vertical position with relation to the slide, and the slide then moved in for closing the door.

Thus the closed and open positions of the door are obtained simply by moving. the slide 20 in or out. This operation is facilitatedby a handle 32" on the door.

The ways 36 and frame members3l slidable thereon are preferably made of some considerable length in order that they may maintain their bearing as the frame is slidably movedk and prevent binding.

When the door is open ample supply of secondary air may then be indrawn to pass by way of the space or opening I4 below the panel to the burners. This indrawn air will act to keep the door cool and untarnished by heat from the burners when the burners are in operation.

When the door is open the pan Il is then accessible and may be drawn out as occasion may require.

I claim:

1. In a cooking range having acompartment for heatingunits provided with an open end, a door for closing said end, a slide withdrawable outwardly beyond said open end of the compartmentand upon which slide the door is mounted to occupy a closed position when the slide is in, or be-withdrawn outwardly away from its closed position when the slide is out, and means for hingedly mounting the door on said slide whereby the door, when withdrawn as aforesaid, may be folded inwardly on the slide, to occupy a downturnedV open position, and the door thence be carriedby the slide into said compartment on moving the slide in.

2. In a` cooking range having a compartment for heating unitsl provided withy an open, end,

and' apanel inwardlyV removed from, said open L end of the compartment and spaced, from the bottom of the compartment, a door for closing said end, a slide arranged beneath said panel withdraw-able outwardh7j beyond said. open endv of the compartment, and upon which slidethe door is mounted to occupy a closedv positionwhen. the slide is in or be withdrawn outwardly away from its closedposition when the slide is out, and means for hingedly mounting the door on*` said slide whereby the doorwhen withdrawnasfaforesaid, may be folded inwardly on the slide to'occupy` a.` downturned open position, andthe door thence: be carried by the slide into said compartment to occupy a position beneath said panel` on movingtlfleV slide in.

3,. In.' a; cooking range having a compartment for. heating units, provided with an open end, a door; forr closing said' end,A aY slide arranged abovethe.- bottom of said compartment and withdrawableoutwardly beyond said open end thereof, and upon which slide the door is mounted to occupy a closed position when the slide is in, or be withdrawn outwardly; from itsclosed position; when the slide is out, ways above the bottom of the compartment on whichL the.` slide is movable, and means for. hingedly mounting the door ont. said slide comprising a hinge: connection` between the end of the-slide. and the door with location abovethebottom of the doorwhereby the door, when withdrawnasl aforesaid, may be foldedlinwardly onltheslidetooccupy-.a downturned open position, and the door thencebe-.carr-i'ed by the-slide into `said compartment 0nmoving the slide in.

4i In acooking rangeY having a. compartment for heating units provided with anl open end and a pan at the bottom of said compartmentremovable through saidiopen end, a door for-closing saidVv end, a slide arranged above the pan withdrawable outwardly beyond" said open end'of the compartment and upon which slide the door is mountedto occupy a closed' position when the slide is in, or be withdrawn outwardly away fromfitsf. closed position when the slide isout, and means for hingedly mounting. the door on said slide wherebyA the door, when withdrawn as aforesaid, may be; folded inwardly on the slide to occupy a downturned openV position, and: theV door thence be carried by theslide into said' com- Cia partment to occupy a position above said pan on moving the slide in.

5. In a cooking range having a compartment for heating units provided with an open end, a panel inwardly removed from said open .end of the compartment and spaced from the bottom of the compartment, and a pan at the bottom of the compartment removable through said open end thereof, a door for closing said end, a slide arranged above the pan and Withdrawable outwardly beyond said open end of the compartment, vand upon which slide the door is mounted to occupy a closed position when the slide is in, or be withdrawn outwardly from its closed position when the slide is out, Ways adjacent the opposite sides of said pan above the bottom of the compartment on which the slide is movable, and means for hingedly mounting the door on said slide comprising a hinge connection between the end of the slide and the door with location above the bottom of the door whereby the door, when Withdrawn as aforesaid, may be folded inwardly on the slide to occupy a downturned open position, and the door thence be carried by the slide into said compartment to occupy a position beneath said panel and above said pan on moving the slide in. y

GEORGE E. DEXTER. 

